By the strange twist of fate, and maybe this was also a bit of a spiritual night from the spirit of Standing Bear, arthur became a Founding Member of the Plains Indian Museum advisory were when he was a wee bit back in 1976. What hasnt he done . He has spent a lifetime sharing his philosophy, his vision, his cultural knowledge of lakota life. And i did not feel it was appropriate or necessary to edit such wonderful life achievements. Im sure i have missed a few things, too. Please, make yourself comfortable and prepare for an earful. In addition to being recognized a lakota artist, mr. Amiotte is an educator, a historian, and an author. He served on the Indian Advisory Committee for the National Museum of the American Indian in washington, d. C. , the commission for establishing the indian memorial at the little bighorn battle site, the president ial Advisory Counsel for the performing arts at the kennedy center, the board of directors for the native american arts studies association,
[applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] interested in American History tv . Visit our website, cspan. Org history. You can preview programs, watch college lectures, archival films, and more. Cspan. Org history. To year, south dakota on American History tv. Located on the Missouri River, this capital city is the second smallest in the u. S. With a 13,000. On of just over with help from our Cable Partners in the next hour we will explode his we will e,plore the history of pierr beginning with the State Capitol building. Mr. Venhuizen pierre is a pretty small town as far as capitals go. Fort pierre is another 2500 people. Between the two, probably 15,000 people. Not only is it small, but it is pretty remote. It was selected as the state capital because it is in the middle of the state. It is really a two or two and a half hou
i ¿ we are at the south dakota State Capitol in pierre where cspan is learning more about the history of the city. The building is an example of renaissance architecture. Up next, we take you inside for a tour and to learn why pierre was chosen as the state capital. Mr. Venhuizen pierre is a pretty small town as far as capitals go. Fort pierre is another 2500 people. Not only is it small, but it is pretty remote. It was selected as the state capital because it is in the middle of the state. It is really a two or two and a half hour drive from any other major town. That presents challenges. People have to drive quite a istance. The state is by far the largest employer and it really ominates the economy here. When dakota territory was created in 1862, the original territorial capital was in yankton, in the far east corner of the territory. The territory was both north and south dakota. As the territory was settled, three distinct territories emerged. There was yankton near sioux falls.
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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you. Thats very nice. Welcome, welcome, hi, brooklyn thank you. Too kind, thank you for coming. Thanks. We are on the road, beaming into your heads from the opera house at the brooklyn academy. Please, its an opera house. Thank you very much. Was there enough bike parking for everyone tonight . This is our third time broadcasting from brooklyn. [ cheers and applause ] you know what . A lot has changed since we were here in 2015. Williamsburg is the new murray hill. Bed sty is the new williamsburg. Tickets to hamilton are only 500 each now. I dont know if im going to make it to the end of the week. Ill be honest with you. My blood mozzarella level is like. 375 last night. I ate at frankies three nights in a row. My daughter yesterday, shes 3 years old. She asked if we can move here. She said can this be our home . [ cheers and applause ] we were sitting on the bed this morning. We had the window open and he a breeze came in and it smelled good. I said